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breech

noun

  1. the buttocks; rump
  2. the lower or back part of a thing; specif.,
    1. the lower end of a pulley block
    2. the back end of the barrel of a gun

transitive verb

  1. to clothe with breeches
  2. to provide (a gun) with a breech

See breech in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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